13 Things We Learned From Mick Foley On Stone Cold's WWE Network Podcast

9. Developing The Hardcore Style

Austin gives mention of his appreciation for Ric Flair as the greatest of all-time - drawing the requisite "Wooo!" cheers from the crowd - and points out that Foley views Terry Funk in a similar way, leading into a question regarding the genesis of Foley's trademark style.

He says that when he was working in Dallas, watching Mick drop those elbows on the arena floor, which might as well have been concrete, was unbelievable, and he wants to know what led to him adopting such a hard-hitting technique.

Mick replies that he basically took what he wanted to see as a fan and tried to make it come together in the ring. He said two of his biggest influences prior to becoming a huge Funk disciple were Bruiser Brody and The Dynamite Kid. Mick admits he knew he could never be as wild as Brody or as athletic as Kid, but thought he could try and combine their two styles with using his own body as a weapon.

He states the time in Texas that Steve referred to was him trying to find his own way, pointing out that men like Eric Embry and Skandor Akbar were supportive of his ideas.